Hortus Feram - Rare & Unreleased Tracks by Elliott Sharp, Zoar Records, 2023
Elliott Sharp: composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, author, leads Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics and Terraplane with compositional strategies including fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors as well as new techniques for graphic notation to yield work that catalyzes a synesthetic approach to musicmaking as well as functioning as retinal art.
Hortus Feram - Rare & Unreleased Tracks by Elliott Sharp, Zoar Records, 2023
▶︎ Hortus Feram - Rare & Unreleased Tracks | Elliott Sharp (bandcamp.com)
A collection of previously unreleased tracks recorded in the studio over the last seven years, all composed and performed by E# using electric and acoustic guitars, electric sitar, viola, cello, the Boden 8-string guitarbass, a double neck mandocello/guitar, plus invented instruments, drum machines, samplers and other electronics. On the track Broken Strings, there are brief guest appearances by Helene Breschand and Rostislav Kozhevnikov of the Asasello Quartet. More detailed descriptions appear with each track.
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released December 29, 2023
Recorded at Studio zOaR - NYC and Owl Mountain Studio, Marin County, CA. MIxed and mastered - Studio zOaR.